Shiori Yamao

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Shiori Yamao
山尾 志桜里
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Member of the House of Representatives
In office
14 December 2014 – 14 October 2021
Preceded by Junji Suzuki
Succeeded by Junji Suzuki
Constituency Aichi-7th
In office
30 August 2009 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by Junji Suzuki
Succeeded by Junji Suzuki
Constituency Aichi-7th
Personal details
Born (1974-07-24) 24 July 1974 (age 50)
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations		 CDP (2017–2020)
Independent (2017, 2020)
DP (2016–2017)
DPJ (2009–2016, merger)
Alma mater University of Tokyo
Website www.yamaoshiori.jp

Shiori Yamao (山尾 志桜里 Yamao Shiori?, née Kanno) is a former member of the Japanese House of Representatives for the Aichi 7th district.[2] Yamao was a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from 2017 to 2020. She was the policy chief of the Democratic Party[3] and a former liberal member of the Democratic Party of Japan.[4] She has been elected to the Japanese House of Representatives thrice. She rose to prominence by criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for not handling the issue of nursery school waiting lists.[3][5] Yamao is opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, saying that the deal does not protect Japan's national interests.[6]

Political career

Entry into politics

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Rise into prominence

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Allegations of affair and resignation

Following allegations of an extramarital affair with Rintaro Kuramochi published in Shukan Bunshun, Yamao resigned from the Democratic Party.[5] She denied having the affair and maintained that the allegations were false. Her resignation was viewed as an attempt to control damage within the Democratic Party, which was struggling with fledgling support at that time.

The allegations did not dent her popularity back in her home district. Although she had to run as an independent, she was able to hold her district in the election on 22 October 2017 by a narrow margin of 834 votes.[7] Her advocacy and her status as a prominent Diet rival to Prime Minister Abe were touted as the main reasons of her high support in the district, particularly among swing voters.[8] Her tough stance against Abe made her a constant target of right-wing campaigners. After her win, a rumor of voting fraud in the district was spread and the local election office was bombarded with calls and emails claiming that she was illegitimately elected.[9]

Post 2017 election

Yamao applied to join the new progressive Constitutional Democratic Party after the 2017 election. The CDP did not grant her party membership straight away but allowed her to sit as independent member in the CDP caucus in the House of Representatives.[10] Her entry application was approved on 26 December 2017.[11] She filed a notice of withdrawal on 18 March 2020 and was accepted on 24 March 2020.

References

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  7. ↑ 小選挙区開票速報：愛知（定数15） Archived 3 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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  10. ↑ 立憲民主党・市民クラブ Archived 11 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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